John Baird
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John Baird may refer to:
- John Baird (Canadian politician)John Baird (Canadian politician)John Russell Baird, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper....
(born 1969), Canadian politician - John Baird (judge)John Baird (judge)Sir John Baird , of Newbyth in Aberdeenshire, was a judge.Baird was the son of James Baird of Byth in the same county, advocate, and for some time commissary of Edinburgh, and Bathia, daughter of Sir John Dempster of Pitliver, was admitted advocate on 3 June 1647...
(1620–1698) - John Baird, 1st Viscount StonehavenJohn Baird, 1st Viscount StonehavenJohn Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL , known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth...
(1874–1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia - John Baird, founder of the Create a Comic ProjectCreate a Comic ProjectThe Create a Comic Project is a youth literacy program and webcomic created by John Baird. The program uses comics, many taken from the Internet, to encourage children to write their own narratives. The program began in November 2006 at the main branch of the New Haven Free Public Library as an...
- John Logie BairdJohn Logie BairdJohn Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube...
(1888–1946), Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system - John Wallace BairdJohn Wallace BairdJohn Wallace Baird was a Canadian psychologist. He was the 27th president of the American Psychological Association . He was the first Canadian, and only the second non-American, to hold the office...
(1869–1919), Canadian psychologist
British MPs
- Sir John Baird, 2nd BaronetSir John Baird, 2nd BaronetSir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish politician.He was the oldest son of Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet and his first wife Helen Gilmour, daughter of Sir John Gilmour. Baird entered the British House of Commons in 1715, sitting as a Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire until...
(1686–1745), Scottish Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire - John Baird (North West Lanarkshire MP) (1852–1900), Member of Parliament, 1885–1886
- John Baird (Wolverhampton MP) (1906–1965), British Labour Party Member of Parliament, 1945–1964
- John George Alexander BairdJohn George Alexander BairdJohn George Alexander Baird was Unionist MP for Glasgow Central.He first stood for the seat in 1885, won it in 1886, but lost it narrowly in 1906.- References :...
(1854–1917), Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central
Military officers
- John Baird (revolutionary)John Baird (revolutionary)John Baird was a Scottish revolutionary. A weaver by trade, he was brought up in the village of Condorrat...
(1790–1820), Scottish commander in the "Radical War" of 1820 - John Baird (Royal Navy officer) (1832–1908), Victorian British Admiral
- John Baird (educator)John Baird (educator)John Baird was born and educated in Graffa, Republic of Ireland and was recruited there by the British Army as a teacher.Baird was given the rank of sergeant in the 74th Foot and by 1818 was stationed in Fredericton, New Brunswick where he would serve his seven years of service teaching the...
(1795–1858), Irish-born British Army instructor - John Baird (RAF officer)John Baird (RAF officer)Air Marshal Sir John Baird, KBE, DL, FRCPE is a British physician and a retired Royal Air Force medical officer who served as Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces between 1997 and 2000.-References:...
, British physician and retired Royal Air Force medical officer
Sports
- John Baird (American football)John Baird (American football)John Baird was an All-American football player. He played at the fullback and quarterback positions for Princeton University from 1895 to 1898 and was selected as a member of the 1896 College Football All-America Team.-Biography:...
, All-American football player - John Baird (Australian footballer)John Baird (Australian footballer)John Baird is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League .Baird, a defender, was promoted from the Kangaroos rookie list to play 14 games with the club in the 2002 AFL season...
(born 1980), Australian rules footballer - John Baird (cyclist)John Baird (cyclist)John Baird is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.He won the silver medal in the men's road race at the 1954 British Empire Games in Vancouver.-References:...
, former racing cyclist from New Zealand - John Baird (footballer)John Baird (footballer)John David Baird is a Scottish Association football striker currently playing for Raith Rovers.-Career:Baird began his career with Clyde, and made his debut in May 2003, coming on as a substitute against Ayr United...
(born 1985), Scottish footballer playing for Raith Rovers F.C. - John Campbell Baird, 19th century Scottish footballer
- John Washington BairdJohn Washington BairdJohn Washington Baird was a minor American chess master, who played in a number of American and international chess tournaments between 1880 and 1906...
(born 1852), American chess master